Resurrecting this discussion point I posted about in the CC20 forum… Is anyone else having trouble killing teams off when bowling in the second innings in FC games??
I've just completed my second English season in this edition, and was very pleased to actually finish the season unbeaten in the Championship. However, I didn't win the tournament. In fact, I didn't even finish top of Division 2! Why? Because I struggled all season to dispatch teams in the final innings! In my 10 games in the first phase, I won 3 and drew 7, while in the final phase I won 2 and drew 2, for a season total of 5 wins, 9 draws and 0 defeats, which will go down as an overall 8th place finish, which is absolutely rubbish considering the quality of my team and the fact I didn't lose a game all season!
There were I think three occasions where I had the opposition 9 down by the end, and just couldn't take that final wicket. I know in the CC20 forum cde suggested going with 3 bars of aggression with your bowlers from the start of the second innings, which does seem to work fairly well in most situations, as it seems the AI does still send the opposition out attacking with the bat in the second innings (at least at first), no matter what the match situation is. But I'd be interested to hear how people go about finishing off a tail to win a game in the final innings. All out aggression and try to blast them out, or stick to average aggression and good line and length and hope they make a mistake? I've tried both approaches this season and not had a huge amount of success with either!
I have won the Championship in previous editions, and in fact in my first season in this edition I was only one win off coming top (I was basically in a head-to-head in the final match of the season where the winner would finish top and the other team would finish 3rd, and I didn't win!), so it's not like I can't win games in the format, but I've just really struggled to put games to bed in this latest season.
I've just completed my second English season in this edition, and was very pleased to actually finish the season unbeaten in the Championship. However, I didn't win the tournament. In fact, I didn't even finish top of Division 2! Why? Because I struggled all season to dispatch teams in the final innings! In my 10 games in the first phase, I won 3 and drew 7, while in the final phase I won 2 and drew 2, for a season total of 5 wins, 9 draws and 0 defeats, which will go down as an overall 8th place finish, which is absolutely rubbish considering the quality of my team and the fact I didn't lose a game all season!
There were I think three occasions where I had the opposition 9 down by the end, and just couldn't take that final wicket. I know in the CC20 forum cde suggested going with 3 bars of aggression with your bowlers from the start of the second innings, which does seem to work fairly well in most situations, as it seems the AI does still send the opposition out attacking with the bat in the second innings (at least at first), no matter what the match situation is. But I'd be interested to hear how people go about finishing off a tail to win a game in the final innings. All out aggression and try to blast them out, or stick to average aggression and good line and length and hope they make a mistake? I've tried both approaches this season and not had a huge amount of success with either!
I have won the Championship in previous editions, and in fact in my first season in this edition I was only one win off coming top (I was basically in a head-to-head in the final match of the season where the winner would finish top and the other team would finish 3rd, and I didn't win!), so it's not like I can't win games in the format, but I've just really struggled to put games to bed in this latest season.
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